Always great to hear the wisdom and insights from Check Airman Dave. Set yourself up for success and be ready to audible. I was one of the VERY few NCOs in the Air Force with a Masters degree back in the 90s because I wanted to set myself up for more opportunities in the civilian world in case the aviation route didn't pan out.
Just flew SWA yesterday. Another great day on Southwest. Bumpy flight due to weather, but an amazing light as a feather landing in Tampa. Love the Q&A. Stay safe Ern!!
Great forum gentlemen and always appreciate you sharing the truth to help the next generation of aviators. We’ll keep the hangar open for you at MDW. Safe travels✈️
Just came across your channel and I'm hooked! Binge watching everything now! I have a channel with not quite as many subs as you and I know how hard it is to create good content! Fantastic work! Very enjoyable to watch.
For a QNA question, what lights do you turn on at each moment? Example: When you depart or start to move, you turn on beacon. What are all those lights you do everytime?
If I'm not mistaken, I think American is one of the few majors that will hire you without a degree, but you have to flow from one of their wholly-owned subsidiary airlines. I can understand the argument of requiring a degree to show that someone may be well rounded, but ultimately, I personally believe that experience and a good character assessment is all that is needed. A degree may not always tell you what you need to know about an individual.
wow that first question about the Type 1 Diabetic was a GOLDEN Question. That must be a new thing that the FAA has allowed. How long ago was that.. I am type 1 and at the time it just shot my dream of being a pilot to hell. So I am glad someone you can still fly. It is all about the control. I got Pump and CGM all the bells and whistles. I am going to be 58 later this month so It is not possible for me to make it at the airline.. Glad it is allowed now. :)
Hello Ern! This was another great vid to watch! Cool to see you (always optimistic) and Dave in the cockpit! question....is your Airline already thinking about cleaner flying? Thanks Ern for your energy...have a lovely weekend;)) warm greetings....Betsy....
Great video! Keep up the good work, love seeing behind the scenes and the ups(mostly) and downs as well as the occasional golden nuggets of information.
For the person who asked about becoming a pilot with type 1 diabetes, Pilot to Pilot podcast host Justin Seams did an episode on the person who made it possible for the FAA to approve pilots with type 1 diabetes. I forget which episode it was, think it was one of his early episode, but in the podcast they talked about the process. If that person wants to know a little more they can check out the episode.
Workin at a place that does atp ctp course and type ratings and there’s more people than ever before being sent by the airlines. They’re definitely trying to get back to full force asap
Can you react/review to a VATSIM (USA) ATC controlling session? If you need sources I can link some. Would like to know your take on it. Or maybe reacting to the zibo 737? Thanks!
Awesome! I appreciate you taking the time for the reply sir. Flying Southwest tomorrow morning to San Diego. Hoping someday I can catch you and say going up going up going up!
Hello ern, loving the content. Quick question you said you went to ASU. Did you get your pilot license at their aviation program? I want to transfer to the polytechnic campus at ASU and get my flight school training there so I can get my flight training and degree at the same time.
I have a question for you about your SR22 its about the light configuration? I wanted to know if it has a location beacon or just the location Strobes? I was watching planes take off and land at OUN airport and noticed that all the SR22 used location Strobes on ground and in flight and it looked like they were the only position lightning there were no beacon lights. Hope you can answer this for me I know it's a strange question but would like to know.
I did my flight training in Phoenix at KFFZ and I'm now an A320 FO in Europe and would love to fly for a US carrier one day, do you think that would be possible with a green card and by converting my EASA licence into an FAA one ?
It is absolutely possible. I flew with an F/O a few months back that was flying for German carrier and won the green card lottery a few years back. Great guy, great pilot and he loves flying for us.
@@TheYellowBelle Can a U.S citizen start their flight training and fly in another country and also can we come back to the states to apply for a major airlines at some point?
Everybody is always asking if the college degree is required. While technically it's not, you'd be tying a huge weight to yourself by not having one. I completely understand being frustrated by the "scam" aspect of higher education, on one hand it's extortion and often not necessary. It's kind of a slap in the face to a hard corps right wing person like myself, having to fund an army of blue haired liberal wombats and pseudo intellectuals like that, but it also shows you can commit to something for 4 years and finish it. Plus, it's kind of hard to justify it being a $200k-$400k/year job without it basically requiring a degree. Having a couple of legs canceled... I can't go home for 5 hrs, I'm 2 hrs away from the airport. It would be so great to be that close to your base. Well, unless you're based at MDW like me.